baby macaw emergency beak issue
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Soft food until you can see a really well qualified avain vet. Poor little thing.
noodles123
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Definitely get him to a vet and soft food.
Do you know what happened? Is it an injury or deformity?
Can he close his mouth properly?
Do you know what happened? Is it an injury or deformity?
Can he close his mouth properly?
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Background on what appears to be a scissors-beak deformity from earlier thread: http://www.parrotforums.com/macaws/85652-8-weeks-blue-gold-baby.html
I understand you don't have access to an avian vet. Are you located near a zoo, perhaps they might give assistance? This is a specialized situation and ordinary vets will be useless or worse.
Does your bird appear to be in pain, or are you observing deep frustration from difficulty eating? What sort of foods are you able to provide?
I understand you don't have access to an avian vet. Are you located near a zoo, perhaps they might give assistance? This is a specialized situation and ordinary vets will be useless or worse.
Does your bird appear to be in pain, or are you observing deep frustration from difficulty eating? What sort of foods are you able to provide?
noodles123
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That's why I was asking about his ability to close his beak properly. IF it is scissor beak and they catch it early, they can correct it. That having been said, severe scissor beak can interfere with breathing and eating. My bird came to me with scissor-beak but there are varying degrees.
What symptoms are you seeing that suggest pain and how long has this been an issue? I absolutely suggest looking for an avian certified vet (or zoo vet).
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he got the condition since he is a baby, its not an injury and he cant close his mouth properly.
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still very young, we feed formula to our baby . ill visit a vet tomorrow probably they say he is very good, lets see
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today he is much better, pain is less yet ill take him tomorrow to the vet
noodles123
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It does look like scissor-beak
noodles123
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My bird has it- she is an adult though- It is much better if you can get it fixed though, because it can end up costing more money down the road to keep it from becoming a major issue..Noodles had to have really frequent beak trimming on one side because of it.
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Glad to know you have a vet appointment. Please update us with the findings!
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so we went to the vet, he took a look at her he wanted to do some blood tests and gender DNA feather test but I didn’t allow him, I think she is still young for that. For the extra piece from the beak he said probably cuz she got deformity she keeps grinding in a strange way that’s why it happened. He said he won’t do any type of beak trimming. she is still young and nothing can be done to scissor beak deformity at all whatever retainer or procedure that is taken now it will hurt her and create a trauma. And asked me to give her a sunbath so she gets more vitamin D and to wait. For the panting problem, he said she is growing new feather and it’s really hot in Saudi and she can’t sweat so she is adopting, no problem but keep an eye on the climate around her.
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i have 2 important questions.
1. why my parrot doesn't come to eat like all other parrots when they see a syringe? and i know for a fact she is very hungry!
https://vimeo.com/420996552
2. why she likes to stand near walls a lot.
1. why my parrot doesn't come to eat like all other parrots when they see a syringe? and i know for a fact she is very hungry!
https://vimeo.com/420996552
2. why she likes to stand near walls a lot.
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